Below you will find suggested Dalhousie University experts who can speak to current topics of regional, provincial, national, and international interest for Wednesday, January 22, 2025.

Impacts of Trump administrations executive order to dismantle DEI programs and offices
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Isaac Saney, Associate Professor, Coordinator of Black and African Diaspora Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences 
Research Specialties: Africa, the Caribbean, Cuba, and Black Canadian history
Contact: isaney@dal.ca

Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Ajay Parasram, Associate Professor, Department of International Development Studies, Department of History, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Research Specialties: Colonial, Postcolonial, and decolonial studies, modern/colonial South Asia, Global Development and political economy, global history and international relations, and political ontology and pluriversality
Contact: parasram@dal.ca

Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Stephanie Kapusta, Associate Professor; Undergraduate Advisor; Cross-Appointed with Gender and Women's Studies; cross-appointed with Law, Justice and Society, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Research Specialties: Feminist philosophy, social and political philosophy, ethics
Contact: stephanie.kapusta@dal.ca

Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Margaret Denike, Associate Professor; Department of Political Science, cross-appointed with Law, Justice and Society and Gender and Women's Studies; Cross-Appointed with Law, Justice and Society, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Research Specialties: Biopolitics and genealogical inquiry, feminist and queer philosophies, human rights (theory, institutions, politics), political activism of sexual and racial minorities, politics of terror, and state-sanctioned discrimination
Contact: M.Denike@dal.ca

Canada-US relations 
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Brian Bow, Chair, Department of Political Science
Research Specialties: Policy coordination, US foreign policy, Canada-US relations, international security and defense policy 
Contact: brian.bow@dal.ca and 902-494-6629

Dalhousie Expert: Lori Turnbull, Professor, Faculty of Management, Public & International Affairs Department
Research Specialties: Canadian parliamentary governance, political ethics, elections, electoral systems and public engagement.
Contact: lturnbul@dal.ca and (902) 225-8757

Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Robert Huish, Associate Professor, Department of International Development Studies
Research Specialties: Sanctions, international relations, activism and social justice, and COVID-19 Stigma
Contact: huish@dal.ca

Liberal leadership 
Dalhousie Expert: Lori Turnbull, Professor, Faculty of Management, Public & International Affairs Department
Research Specialties: Canadian parliamentary governance, political ethics, elections, electoral systems and public engagement.
Contact: lturnbul@dal.ca and (902) 225-8757